Church Catholic Church Predecessor Antonio Viedma Chaves | In office 1632 Nationality Spanish | |
Successor Bartolomé Santos de Risoba Previous post Inquisitor of Canarias
Inquisitor of Valencia
Inquisitor of Cartagena
Inquisitor of Valladolid Died October 1632, Almería, Spain Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Almería | ||
Martín García Ceniceros (also Martín García Gómez de Ceniceros)(died Oct 1632) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Inquisitor of Canarias, Valencia, Cartagena, and Valladolid. He was appointed and briefly served as Bishop Elect of Almería (1632) but died before his consecration.
Biography
Martín García Ceniceros was born in Tenillono, Spain. He was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Calahorra and obtained a license in Theology and a doctorate in Canon Law. After his schooling, he was successively appointed the Inquisitor of the Diocese of Canarias, the Archdiocese of Valencia, the Diocese of Cartagena, and then the Diocese of Valladolid. After the death of Bishop Antonio Viedma Chaves, he was selected on 1 Mar 1632 by the King of Spain, Felipe IV and confirmed on 2 Aug 1632 by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Almería. Although he assumed the office and duties as Bishop, he died 2 months later in Oct 1632 and was never consecrated.